MétallOpérette, 2016

Performance

“L’École de Marinella Senatore” has been at Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers (Paris, FR) for a three-month period. The School open to everybody and free of charge, regardless of age or previous experiences offered the opportunity to share knowledge and learn, and to take part in creating an Operette. MétallOpérette is a musical piece created collaboratively with all the participants: teachers and students ranging in age from 6 to 98 years old. Most of the workshops and lessons were proposed by participants themselves; they trained and educated themselves in lighting, dance, costume, script, set design, make up and other activities. Based on real events and written by dozens of citizens of Aubervilliers and Paris, the story is based on the former factory that is currently the building occupied by Les Laboratories d‘Aubervilliers. Several main characters (union delegates, workers, shareholders, etc.) are staged in the context of social tension created by a series of strikes launched in 1966 after the announcement of the imminent closing of the factory. The narrative plot is focused on the trade union and cultural heritage of Aubervilliers as a symbol of a resistance still alive. MétallOpérette uses different live show formats - from experimental and political theater to Opera, through to dance as a form to replay individual and collective bodies - to crack systems and fixed structures while bringing forth other perspectives.

Performance

Marinella Senatore, MétallOpérette, 2016

Marinella Senatore, MétallOpérette, 2016

Marinella Senatore, MétallOpérette, 2016

Marinella Senatore, MétallOpérette, 2016

Marinella Senatore, MétallOpérette, 2016

Marinella Senatore, MétallOpérette, 2016

Marinella Senatore, MétallOpérette, 2016

Marinella Senatore, MétallOpérette, 2016

Piece in 2 two Acts and Overture, 25 mins
Produced by Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Paris (F), in collaboration with DENA Foudation, Paris & Thalie Foudation, Brussels
with the participation of 250 citizens from Aubervilliers, Pantin, Saint Denis and Paris

Marinella Senatore was born in Italy in 1977 and currently lives in Paris. Her artistic practice merges forms of protest and learning theatre, music and film. She takes inspiration from public ceremonies, civil rituals as well as mass events, while reflecting on the political dimension of collective formations and how they generate a potential for social change. In 2013 she founded The School of Narrative Dance. Next to her performative practice she explores urban issues and social topics such as emancipation and equality through paintings, collages, installations, video, photography and sound. Marinella Senatore's record of solo shows includes projects at the Queens Museum, New York (2017), State of Concept, Athens (2017), Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers, Paris (2016), Mot International, London (2014), and Castello di Rivoli (2013). She participated in group exhibitions such as the 13e Biennale de Lyon (2015), 5th Thessaloniki Biennial of Contemporary Art (2015) and MAXXI Museum, Rome (2014).